Bel Tine

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Bel Tine, also known as Festival, is the Westlands celebration of spring's arrival. It is not set to a specific date, and comes later in northern lands than to the south.

The night preceding Bel Tine is known as Winternight.

[edit] Parallels

Bel Tine comes from the celtic festival of Bealtaine taking place in spring. Bealtaine is also the Irish word for the month of May.